"Imagine spreading everything you care about on a blanket and then tossing the whole thing up in the air," she wrote, according to The Huffington Post. "The process of divorce is about loading that blanket, throwing it up, watching it all spin, and worrying what stuff will break when it lands."

They split after five years of marriage after Pitt reportedly had an affair with his co-star Angelina Jolie while filming "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," a rumor that spawned a million "Team Aniston" and "Team Jolie" shirts.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Brangelina called it quits after a controversial relationship.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had a much-talked-about relationship from start to finish.

The two met while filming the action film "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" in 2004 while Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston. Aniston and Pitt split in 2005, and though it's not clear when the relationship exactly started, it was assumed to be because of Jolie. They began dating publicly in 2005.

Breakup rumors plagued the couple during nearly their entire marriage, so it made their split in 2017 all the more surprising — because it was true. The couple has also been vocal about wanting to be co-parents to their children. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Jolie gave some insight into how her family has dealt with co-parenting.

"We care for each other and care about our family, and we are both working towards the same goal," Jolie said.

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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner

Bennifer 2.0 was not meant to be, but they are committed to raising their kids together.
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner seemed like a couple who would truly go the distance. They met in 2000 on the set of "Pearl Harbor" but fell in love on the set of "Daredevil" in 2002, Affleck told Rolling Stone. He was still with Jennifer Lopez while Garner was married to Scott Foley at the time.

They were engaged in April 2005 and married in June while Jen was four months pregnant with their first child. They had three children together, Samuel, Violet, and Seraphina Rose, and they constantly gushed about their wonderful life together.

Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield

This superhero romance was not meant to be.
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Continuing the great tradition of Hollywood couples dating after appearing in superhero flicks, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone met on the set of "The Amazing Spider-Man" in 2010. While they were seen together beforehand, they were spotted kissing in 2012, cementing their couple status.

But their split was reported in 2015, though the former couple never officially confirmed anything. The two have continued to confuse fans by their frequent appearances together and friendly nature towards each other.

The two fell out of the public eye for years and when "The Muppets Movie" premiered in 2011, it revealed the pair had broken up, but they reconciled at the end of the movie.

But during a press tour for their ABC show "The Muppets" in 2015, they went viral when they released a statement that they had called in quits for good.

"After careful thought, thoughtful consideration and considerable squabbling, Miss Piggy made the difficult decision to terminate our romantic relationship," the statement read. "We will continue to work together on television ("The Muppets"/Tuesdays 8pm this fall on ABC) and in all media now known or hereafter devised, in perpetuity, throughout the universe. However, our personal lives are now distinct and separate, and we will be seeing other people, pigs, frogs, et al. This is our only comment on this private matter. Thank you for your understanding."

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Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson

These TV sweethearts were darlings of the red carpet.
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Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson began dating in 2006 and people were instantly smitten. The pair were fashionable and classy TV darlings who had a refreshing and modern romance.

Kruger and Jackson dated for 10 years without every marrying or getting engaged, which Jackson chalked up to them not being very religious.

"I can tell you why we're not married: We're not religious," he told Glamour in 2014. "I don't feel any more or less committed to Kruger for not having stood in front of a priest and had a giant party. We're both children of divorce, so it's hard for me to take marriage at face value as the thing that shows you've grown up and are committed to another person."

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens

If you were alive in the mid-00's, you were probably mildly obsessed with Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens' relationship.

The pair met as teenagers on the set of the 2005 Disney Channel original movie "High School Musical." The movie was a smash and the two, who played romantic leads Troy and Gabriella began dating in real life.

Demi Lovato and Wilmer Valderrama

Demi Lovato and Wilmer Valderrama kicked off their romance in 2010 when they met at a Voto Latino public service announcement to encourage voting.

While some were uncomfortable with their 13-year age difference, it was hard not to gush over them when Lovato revealed that Valderrama was a large part of her recovery process from an eating disorder, self-harming, and a bipolar disorder.

"This was an incredibly difficult decision for both of us, but we have realized more than anything that we are better as best friends," the message continued. "We will always be supportive of one another. Thank you to everyone who has offered us kindness and support over the years. With only love, Wilmer & Demi."

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Nick Cannon and Mariah Carrey

Carrey was Cannon's "dream-girl" in high school, but they couldn't make the marriage last.
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Despite being one of the most unlikely pairings in celebrity history, Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey had a seriously romantic and whirlwind relationship.

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez

These two were on-again off-again for so long, we felt like we were a part of their breakup.
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Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez's relationship was one of the most public and messy celebrity breakups in recent memory. It all started in 2009 when they were set up by their managers. In 2010, the pair were seen out about kissing, which lead many to assume they were together.

Things got really messy from then on when the pair kept being spotted kissing, then breaking up. Fans were treated some hastily-posted, then deleted Instagrams of the pair getting cozy over several years, but it wasn't ever clear if they were back on.

The on-again-off-again romance is thought to have inspired such tracks as "The Heart Wants What It Wants" and "Love Yourself" and the pair were a frequent topic of discussion in the press.

In December 2003, Paltrow and Martin were photographed patting her belly, and announced they were expecting a baby together. They secretly married later that month and their daughter Apple was born in May 2004. When their son Moses was born in 2006, Paltrow was open about her struggle with post-partum depression.

The pair fielded a lot of news coverage of their relationship throughout their 10-year marriage and they finally announced their "conscious uncoupling" on her site Goop in 2014. But the couple seems totally committed to their children and are often seen out together.

But in 2009, they got back together after Kourtney found out she was pregnant with their first child together, Mason. The pair split again in 2010 due to Scott's addiction issues, but in 2011 they were back together and Kourtney gave birth to their second child, Penelope. She gave birth to their third child, Reign, in 2014.

Despite their fighting, many were rooting for them since they were so public with their romance and Kourtney stuck by him through his parents' deaths and addiction issues.

The pair split in 2015 but are often seen out together with their children.

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Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney

There may still be hope for these two.
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Taylor Kinney and Lady Gaga were the unexpected couple that stole America's hearts.

"With absolute love and respect we decided to separate as a couple earlier this year," they said. "To give our family the best opportunity to adjust, we wanted to keep this a private matter before sharing it with the public. We are and will always be united in our support of each other and our family."

"Normally we would do this privately, but given that the gossip industry cannot resist an opportunity to speculate and invent, we wanted to convey the truth directly," the statement read. "Whatever else is printed about us that is not directly from us, is someone else's fictional narrative. Above all, we are determined to maintain the deep respect and love that we have for one another."